Another out of control cop

Woman Jailed for Recording Traffic Stop

The police in this country need to either learn the law or switch to some other occupation.

Read story here and listen to audio recording:  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-traffic-stop-cell-phone-20140218,0,2308695.story

There is no claim that this woman interfered with the officer, nor is there any evidence that she did.   Law enforcement officers can take reasonable measures to protect themselves, but this woman’s actions obviously posed no threat.

The police did not charge her, and they released her the following day.  But she never should have endured this ordeal in the first place.  Cell phones are becoming an increasingly important means of documenting information and allowing police to arbitrarily cut off our ability to film their activities would deprive us of an extremely valuable means of protecting our civil liberties.  We must, therefore, insist that the police cannot treat citizens this way, and hold accountable those who do.

She has filed a lawsuit, and if justice prevails, she will win.